Ixodes ricinus

species of hard-bodied tick
Taxon taxon Q21175
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Summary

Ixodes ricinus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,371 views/month, #1,290 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ixodes[4]
  • Taxon name: Ixodes ricinus[5]
  • Commons category: Ixodes ricinus[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ixodes ricinus[7]
  • Commons gallery: Ixodes ricinus[8]
  • Short name: I. ricinus[9]
  • Taxon common name: 篦子硬蜱[10], Schapenteek[11], klíště obecné[12], puutiainen[13], skogflått[14], navadni klop[15], 개참진드기[16]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q109911082[17]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[18]

Body

Identifiers

Ixodes ricinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51671[19]. Ixodes ricinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 34613[20]. Ixodes ricinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 514939[21]. Ixodes ricinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2182588[22]. Ixodes ricinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1117549[23].

Why It Matters

Ixodes ricinus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Permanent duplicated item → Q109911082
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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